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The first four commandments of the law teach us how to love God, even how to love Him in worship on the day of His choosing. It is important for us to understand the fourth commandment, in which God gives His command for the day of His worship: "Remember the ...
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Have you ever gotten the impression that the teaching of the apostles is at odds with the teaching of Jesus? Sometimes it may seem that way, especially when we see Jesus emphasizing certain things that the apostles don’t, and vice versa. Though we may be confident that, in the end, their teaching is harmonious, we do get special enjoyment when we see examples of doctrinal harmony between Jesus and His apostles. I had just such an experience recently as I was listening to Dr. Sproul preach on Matthew 23 and Jesus’ lament over the spiritual state of Jerusalem. I couldn’t help but be struck by the thought that Jesus’ brief words in Matthew 23:37-39 anticipated the apostle Paul’s fuller teaching about Israel in Romans 9-11.
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This article continues Dr. Gerstner's look at The Problem of Pleasure. In this excerpt he seeks to show that pain and suffering in this world are a non-problem, despite the claims of philosophers, theologians and atheists. He does this under three headings: the fact of sin, sin requires punishment, and punishment requires pain. Follow his logic and you'll see how none of us should be surprised that there is pain in our world.
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Today on Renewing Your Mind is the conclusion of a two-part interview with R.C. Sproul and Dr. Stephen Meyer, director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture (CSC) and a founder both of the intelligent design movement and of the CSC, intelligent design’s primary intellectual and scientific headquarters. Dr. Meyer is also author of the book Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design and recently completed the DVD series produced by Focus on the Families’ True U entitled Does God Exist? In this interview, Sproul and Meyer sit down to discuss the issues that frame the debate between Darwinian evolutionists and the Intelligent Design movement and the headway that has been gained by the Intelligent Design movement.
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According to estimates provided by Robert Letham, there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 180 million Eastern Orthodox believers in the world today. Until recently, Protestants in the West had little contact with the Eastern Church and, as a consequence, little knowledge about it. That is no longer the case. Immigration of people from the East into Western countries, continued urbanization, and internet communication have made this church much more visible to a larger number of people.
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In this article, Tabletalk's senior associate editor Chris Donato asks "When was the last time you went to a private social club?" He goes on to say, "If you think that kind of thing is for the elite members of our society alone, guess again. The Yellow Pages are filled with lists of social clubs in which anyone in the neighborhood can become a member. They meet mainly on Sunday mornings — but don’t be foolish enough to wait for an invitation. Unfortunately, like most other clubs, this one is designed to keep certain people in and other people out. You will find in it a decidedly internalized and individualized faith, complete with its own set of man-made regulations. You will find in it a group of folks who act as if they are enjoying life to the fullest, no matter where they are or what they are doing. And what do they do? They do exactly what they wish to do. In this Sunday club, then, it comes as no surprise that God Is He Who Exists for Me." Read on to find how Chris calls each of us to live with the reality that we exist for God, not the other way around.
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This conference, titled "Christian Communication in a Hypersocial World" acknowledges that every day we communicate through various media. In this segment of our 2010 pre-conference question & answer session, Albert Mohler answers the question, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" To see the complete Q&A session or the other lectures from the entire 2010 National Conference, click here.
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In the last part of this series Dr. Gerstner explaned the non-problem of pain. This time he explains that the real problem is pleasure. "Troubled by the non-problem of pain, most people do not feel the real problem. The real difficulty is the problem of pleasure. While in a sinful world, pain is to be expected, and pleasure is not to be expected. We should be constantly amazed at the presence of pleasure in a world such as ours."
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This Friday, August 20th, is the last day to get the Early Bird Registration Rate of $89 for the 2010 Regional Conference in Washington, D.C.
In an effort to help believers learn how to live out the implications of the gospel in this culture, Ligonier Ministries is hosting a conference September 17–18, 2010, in Washington, D.C., featuring two of our four teaching fellows, Robert Godfrey and R.C. Sproul Jr., as well as, Thabiti Anyabwile, Albert Mohler, and Burk Parsons. Dr. Sproul will also join us via live video feed for a live one on one with attendees. This conference will provide sound teaching as to how Christians can recover a biblical understanding of the world around us and, consequently, how we can reform our lives and our spheres of influence.
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Not too long after so many of us were swept up in the significance of Y2K, R.C. Sproul Jr. peers back at Y1K and looks for its lessons. "As the tenth century drew to its conclusion, too many Christians saw in that grand, round number what they thought was a glimpse into the private thoughts of God. The millennium bug bit us, and we caught the fever." He warns, though, that "Disappointments along these lines, then and now, can be peculiarly damaging, as theologies are twisted and Scriptures denied in order to explain how our math turned out wrong." He reflects on the significance of numbers, even saying that "Numbers, because of their abstract nature, may be that place where our thinking grows closest to God’s. We hear in the harmony of music and we see in the dance of the heavenly spheres echoes and reflections of the beauty of not just creation but the Creator. In its place, this is right and proper. We should always marvel at His glory and power." Still, they can be dangerous and "we must always remember that His ways are not our ways, His thoughts not our thoughts. We must not, as Satan tempted us, see numbers as a tool for our own power and glory." Having warned of the allure of numbers and the danger they can bring us, he turns to the one number that matters most.
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It is possible to have knowledge without having wisdom. It is not possible, however, to have wisdom without knowledge. Knowledge is a necessary precondition for wisdom. The practice of godliness demands that we know and understand what godliness requires.
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